April 2021 Books

April 2021 Books

Indiana Trainwreck (The Separation Generation, Volume 1): Divisions in Indiana Quaker Communities Over Inclusion of Homosexuals, Church Authority, Christ, and the Bible

By Stephen W. Angell and Chuck Fager. Quaker Theology, 2020. 267 pages. $13.95/paperback; $3.99/eBook. Indiana Trainwreck (The Separation Generation, Volume…

Reviewed by Isaac Barnes May

April 2021 Books

Seeking Union with Spirit: Experiences of Spiritual Journeys

By Fiona Gardner. James Backhouse Lecture, 2020. 52 pages. $14/paperback; $8.99e/Book. As Quakers, we seek to be in union with…

Reviewed by Jerry Mizell Williams

April 2021 Books

Who Stole My Bible?: Reclaiming Scripture as a Handbook for Resisting Tyranny and Prophetic Healing: Howard Thurman’s Vision of Contemplative Activism

[Who Stole My Bible?] By Jennifer Butler. Faith in Public Life, 2020. 178 pages. $15.99/paperback; $9.99/eBook. [Prophetic Healing] By Bruce…

Reviewed by Steve Chase

April 2021 Books

Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor

By Layla F. Saad. Sourcebooks, 2020. 256 pages. $25.99/hardcover; $12.99/eBook. Layla Saad’s Me and White Supremacy asks those of us…

Reviewed by David Etheridge

April 2021 Books

Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration

By Christine Montross. Penguin Press, 2020. 352 pages. $28/hardcover; $18/paperback (available in July); $14.99/eBook. Why does the United States have…

Reviewed by Rosalie Dance

April 2021 Books

Living Earth Community: Multiple Ways of Being and Knowing

Edited by Sam Mickey, Mary Evelyn Tucker, and John Grim. OpenBook Publishers, 2020. 286 pages. $40.95/hardcover; $27.95/paperback; $7.33/eBook; free PDF…

Reviewed by Philip Favero

April 2021 Books

The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir

By Michele Harper. Riverhead Books, 2020. 304 pages. $27/hardcover; $16/paperback (available in July); $13.99/eBook. The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir…

Reviewed by Lauren Brownlee

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Indiana Trainwreck (The Separation Generation, Volume 1): Divisions in Indiana Quaker Communities Over Inclusion of Homosexuals, Church Authority, Christ, and the Bible

April 1, 2021

Seeking Union with Spirit: Experiences of Spiritual Journeys

April 1, 2021

Who Stole My Bible?: Reclaiming Scripture as a Handbook for Resisting Tyranny and Prophetic Healing: Howard Thurman’s Vision of Contemplative Activism

April 1, 2021